Hello again! Briana just awakened from her siesta with a bit of a headache, so the blogging responisbilities are back to me! We forgot to talk about our great "participation in cruise activities" on our very first day! They had an adults-only paper flower making class, that we knew we had to try! Our cabin now has some lovely pink and blue flowers as decoration. This afternoon - Painting ceramics!
We made it to our first greek port on Wednesday afternoon. Katakolon is near the ruins of Olympia, but we decided not to pay the big bucks for a hot tour bus to the ruins, and went shopping instead! The whole town is only 2 streets along the waterfront, but it kept us occupied for much longer than expected. I made Briana climb another hill then, to the overlook behind the town. That night we splurged on the 2 euro service fee for room service and had an early night before our big day in Santorini and Mykonos.
Briana had neglected to mention that the port in Santorini is basically at the bottom of a cliff, and the only way up is by cable car or donkey. She didn't speak too highly of the donkeys after Egypt so I sucked it up and got in the cable car. There was definitly some handle gripping, and I warned her that the way down was going to be much worse for me! (We ended up walking down the donkey trail, which I think she enjoyed a lot less). We just wandered through the twisty streets looking for things for my little photographer to take pictures of, and we found a bead store that made us miss our momma!
We spent the afternoon back on the ship while it headed for Mykonos, getting there around 6pm. We did more wandering (and more shopping) and the super-navigator managed to get us to the famous windmills for pictures at sunset. This was definitly our latest night yet, it was almost 10pm before we were back in our cabin!
We were up early again this morning to go into Rhodes, which is the top european destination (according to the sign in the port!). The main attraction is the old walled city, and we made our way through more twisty streets. We both decided it reminded us a bit of Disneyland, the fantasyland part i think. Our Destination this morning - The Palace of the Grand Master. We'd seen it mentioned in a book and thought it sounded too good to pass up, and reminded us of somewhere our dad would like to go! It was pretty impressive, and we were able to walk through a lot of it, i think it was a castle belonging to some of the Knights Templar but I'm not sure on that point. Another afternoon of shopping (don't worry, we mostly just look at things....), they seem to specialize in designer knockoffs, especially perfumes (only 3 euro for lots of nice ones!).
Our expensive internet time is winding down, so it's off to our painting and some cards before dinner. I'm hoping to keep Briana awake long enough to go to the show on the ship tonight, but my odds aren't looking good!
Ciao for now!
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